Surface evolution of NaCl-type cubic AlN films on MgO (100) substrates deposited by laser molecular beam epitaxy

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-32

  Fu, Yuechun ^a   Zhang, Yao ^a   Yang, Weijia ^a   He, Huan ^a   Shen, Xiaoming ^a  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A1. Crystal structure; A1. Surfaces; A3. Laser epitaxy; A3. Molecular beam epitaxy; B1. Nitrides; B2. Semiconducting IIIV materials

Indexed keywords

A3. LASER EPITAXY; ALN; CUBIC ALN; EARLY GROWTH; FILM SURFACES; GROWTH TIME; INITIAL STAGES; ISLANDS GROWTH; LASER MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MGO(1 0 0); ROUGHNESS ANALYSIS; SEMI CONDUCTING III-V MATERIALS; SMOOTH SURFACE; STRANSKI-KRASTANOV GROWTH MODE; SURFACE EVOLUTION; TIME-DEPENDENT EVOLUTIONS; TOPOGRAPHY IMAGES;

COALESCENCE; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; NITRIDES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUBSTRATES; SURFACES;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84862799404     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2012.01.030     Document Type: Article

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